Improvement in door-hangers



UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

THOMAS HARRIS, OF FAYETTEVILLE,

NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO BEACH O. BEARD ANDHUNTINGTON BEARD, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN DOOR-HANGERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 169,695, dated November9, 1575; application filed January 15, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS HARRIS, of Fayetteville, in the county ofOnondaga, in the State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Door-Hangers, of which the following, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawing, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to door-hangers; and consists in an improved formof the wheel, cap-piece, 8m, and peculiarities of construction, wherebyfriction is diminished, and greater strength and durability obtained,and which renders all parts capable of being easily molded and cast, andreadily fastened together, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a view from the rear of the door-hanger,showing the manner of fastening the parts together; Fig. 2, acrosssection of same; and Fig. 3, a plan of the wheel.

ais the strap by which the hanger is attached to the door; I), acircular plate cast on the end of the strap. The inner .face of thisplate has a projecting rim, 7', around the edge, of sufficient width tohold the two bolts 0 c. d is a cap, having a corresponding rim, 7',around its edge, fitting that of the plate Z2, to which it is fastenedby two or more bolts or rivets, c 0, passed through the rims r r. Thisfastening has several advantages over the single bolt usually applied inthe center, as by it the plates are stayed, the cap prevented fromturning, and the bolts made less liable to work loose. Upon the centerof the inner face of the plate I), and also of the cap 61, is cast aV-shaped projecting ring, 6, of such circumference as to form in thecenter thereof a recess ofthe shape of an inverted cone. 1 is the wheel,cast with conic pivotso on its sides, to fit the recesses formed by therings 6 6.

By this simple device a strongjourual, with very little friction, isobtained for the wheel, and since all the edges and projections arebeveled the molding and casting of the parts are greatly facilitated.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The improved door-hanger herein described, consisting of the strap orplate a, cast with circular head I), having inside V-shaped ring or hube, and projecting rim 1', the cap-piece d, cast with corresponding rimand V-shaped ring, the wheel I), cast with conic pivots to serve asjournals, and the two connectingbolts 0 a passing through the rim, allsubstantially as described and shown, for the purpose set forth,

In testimony whereof I have signed my name and affixed my seal in thepresence of two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county ofOnondaga and State of New York, this 12th day of January, 1875 THOMASHARRIS.

Witnesses CHAS. H. HEY, EDWARD LAASS.

